Change Up Your Scrapbook Page Designs with a “Canvas Within a Canvas” Approach

by Amy Kingsford | Jan 23, 2018 | Composition, Feature, Ideas Spurred by Design

Your scrapbook page canvas is usually a square (12″ by 12″) or a vertical rectangle (8.5″ x 11″) or, in the case of a two-page design, a landscape rectangle (24″x12″ or 17″ x 11″). That canvas defines the space within...

Scrapbook Page Design Using Contrast to Create Flow

by Amy Kingsford | Nov 28, 2017 | Composition, Design Principles, Feature

Including contrasts–clear visual differences between elements–on your scrapbook page is a great way to create emphasis and hierarchies. You can cue the viewer to understand what is most important and next most important, and next after that. Not only that...

Scrapbooking with a Color Scheme of Black and White with Pastels

by Amy Kingsford | Nov 21, 2017 | Color, Feature, Ideas from Current Trends

Pairing black and white with pastels is a currently popular color scheme in interior design, fashion, and even scrapbook page supplies. This color scheme can give your page a clean yet playful tone. See here how our creative team has used black and white and pastels...

Use Design Elements to Reveal Character in Your Scrapbook Page Stories

by Amy Kingsford | Oct 31, 2017 | Design Elements, Design Your Story, Feature, Ideas via Product & Technique

The best scrapbook page stories reveal characters, setting, plot and theme. In this piece we’re focusing on character and showing you how to use select tools–color, image and type–to put character front and center on your page. [hr] Nicole Mackin...

Scrapbook Ideas Inspired by Flatlay Photography

by Amy Kingsford | Sep 26, 2017 | Composition, Feature, Ideas from Current Trends, Layout Design

Flatlay Photography is trending in social media and graphic design right now. This type of photography captures a collection of carefully curated and placed items and is often used to tell a brand’s story. This week, our Creative Team is using flatlay...

Scrapbook Layout Design Using Continuance to Guide The Eye

by Amy Kingsford | Sep 19, 2017 | Composition, Design Elements, Feature, Ideas Spurred by Design

The Gestalt principle of continuance states that once the human eye starts following a line or path on the page, it will keep going until an object stops it or the line ends. A line can be a literal line (like a drip of ink or a line of stitching), or it can be an...